Quotable Quotes

Some thoughts from the OED and its files on...

...the foresight of Dr Johnson...
1750 Johnson Rambler, The computer..believes that he is marked out to reach the utmost verge of human existence.

...occupational therapy in the 19th century...
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk., As a sort of 'safety valve',..recourse is had..to the flinging about of..cabbage stalks.

...unreliable memoirs...
1897 I. Scott How I stole over 10,000 Sheep in Australia and New Zealand.

...if the cap fits...
1659 J. Leak New Invent. Water-works

...cramming them in...
1986 Oxford Star, Two years of 'accumulated frustration' with British Rail as she daily tried to find a seat jammed full of passengers by the time they reached..Didcot.

...and the longest adjournment in the history of Chancery.
1908 Daily Chron., Court 1. Before Mr. Justice Swinfer at 10.30. Adjourned summonses:- Re: Lazarus, deceased.